(ANSAmed) - Brussels, May 19 - European Home Affairs and
Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos sent a letter to
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Interior Minister Angelino
Alfano Thursday saying that Austrian border controls at the
Brenner Pass were not necessary. He said he had informed Vienna
"that for the moment we cannot see the need to reintroduce
border controls at the Brenner (Pass) in current circumstances,
and that decision can only be taken as a measure of last resort,
after an evaluation to see if it is fitting and proportionate".
Avramopoulos added that he had "reiterated (to Vienna) that the
Schengen Code forbids the installation of fences or other
permanent structures at internal borders. However, in the cases
in which border controls are temporarily reintroduced it is
possible, in an exceptional way, to adopt temporary measures to
channel migratory flows, if necessary and proportionally".
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